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Alito abortion draft pushes little-known justice into spotlight

Justice Samuel Alito mostly avoided the limelight for 16 years, even while being arguably the most conservative member of the U.S. Supreme Court. But that low profile is changing after he authored a draft opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion-rights ruling Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service

What is in Murkowski and Collins’ alternative abortion bill versus Democrats’ legislation?

Comes as Democratic senators try another run at the Women’s Health Protection Act

The Independent UK

Tell us about your experiences of abortion provision in the UK

We would like to hear from people about the provision near them and whether they have had to travel for an abortion

The Guardian - UK

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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, there's no guarantee that people can get abortions in liberal states, either

Liberal policymakers are quickly positioning their states as abortion havens after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion indicating that the court could overturn Roe v. Wade was made public on the evening of May 2, 2022.

The Conversation

What would it mean to codify Roe into law – and is there any chance of that happening?

Abortion rights advocates are looking for alternative ways to protect a woman’s right to the procedure following the publication of a leaked draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito indicating that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The Conversation

Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982 saying women don’t have ‘sole right’ to say what happens to bodies

President had said in 1974 that he thought the Roe v Wade ruling ‘went too far’

The Independent UK

Lewis Hamilton weighs into US abortion row ahead of Miami Grand Prix: ‘Everyone should have the right’

Lewis Hamilton has weighed in on the row over abortion rights in the United States ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.

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Texas Republicans Crow about ‘Roe’ Reversal, Lament Supreme Court Leak

State GOP leaders have spun the leak as the rightful return of abortion regulation to the realm of red-state rights—and a crusade against the conservative Court.

Texas Observer

Human Rights laws slowing action on abortion clinic buffer zones, FM says

Calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland have intensified in recent weeks

The National (Scotland)

Morning Brief: Top Financial Stories Dominating on Thursday, May 5

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Benzinga

Abortion rights supporters on high alert

A leaked draft opinion confirms what many have already suspected: Roe v. Wade is soon to be no more

Salon

Doug Mastriano embodies a Christian nationalist movement as he runs for Pa. governor: ‘We have the power of God’

PHILADELPHIA — The Shofar Army took the stage, nine white men and one woman draped in fringed Jewish prayer shawls, each clutching a ram’s horn — the instrument traditionally sounded on the Jewish high holidays.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Roe v. Wade Leak Effect Kicks In, Abortion Prescription Pills Interest Sees Huge Spike

A provider of prescription pills used to terminate a pregnancy at home has seen increased interest from U.S. women this week, following news that the Supreme Court would likely reverse a landmark 1973 decision ensuring abortion rights nationwide, nonprofit Aid Access said.

Benzinga

First Thing: Joe Biden says ‘Maga crowd’ could target LGBTQ+ children next

President warns of new Republican party attacks on rights after supreme court abortion leak. Plus, Amber Heard takes witness stand against Johnny Depp

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WEKU

What overturning Roe v. Wade could mean for the rest of the world

If the U.S. scraps the constitutional right to abortion, human rights advocates warn that repressive governments across the globe could use it to justify crackdowns on their citizens.

The Guardian - US

Latin American feminists vow to protect abortion rights at home after shock US ruling

Women’s movements have fought hard to reverse anti-abortion laws in their countries and say it’s not the end for the US

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Blindfold, scales for sale. Cheap

The leaked draft of five conservative justices’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade calls into question, like never before, the Supreme Court’s legitimacy in the eyes of the American public. Justices have long been united across philosophical lines in voicing their respect for precedent and established law. But now, everything…

Tribune News Service

Parmy Olson: Online privacy becomes critical if Roe v. Wade is overturned

About 10 years ago, a story about Target Corp.’s uncanny ability to detect a customer’s pregnancy made waves. An angry man had gone into a Target store in Minneapolis, demanding to speak to a manager and flashing coupons that his teenage daughter had received in the mail for baby clothes…

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Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: What’s behind the Supreme Court's bid to overturn Roe v. Wade? A hidden GOP agenda against women

What’s behind the manipulated and blatantly partisan U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn a critical landmark decision that allowed women in this country the right to make the most important decision of their lives — whether or not to become mothers?

Tribune News Service

Gene Collier: Don't thank Trump; this Supreme Court cataclysm is all Mitch

The architect of this fresh American madness should take his rightful bows today, deep and from the waist, and it's not Donald Trump, whose grasp of advanced legal concepts is only that he can't be restrained by them.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Supreme Court may have handed Florida Democrats a gift. Will they fumble their chance?

It was Florida Democrats’ worst nightmare materializing. With the party’s chances of winning elections looking bleaker, out-of-state donors began writing the state off, the Miami Herald reported last week.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Who may kill Roe v. Wade? Mostly justices named by a president who lost the popular vote

More than Congress or the White House, the Supreme Court may arguably be the most important government institution in the country, its decisions touching on virtually every facet of day-to-day life, as well as broader questions of how we govern ourselves, regulate business and exercise our faith.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Leaked draft in abortion case is a loss for the US Supreme Court

The public square was consumed Tuesday with speculation about the future of abortion in the United States. That's understandable, following the publication of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. For the moment, however, we're more concerned about the future of the Supreme Court…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The brazenly political Supreme Court shows it will strike down abortion rights

Although it is shocking that someone in the Supreme Court leaked a purported draft of the opinion overruling Roe v. Wade, no one should be the least bit surprised that it is what the justices are about to do.

WEKU

Democrats promise votes on abortion rights despite vanishingly small odds of success

With the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats look to legislation to keep abortion legal.

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